韓国

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See also: 韓國 and 韩国

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
韓 国
かん
Grade: S 		こく
Grade: 2
kan'on
Alternative spelling
韓國 (kyūjitai)

Shortened from 大韓民国(だいかんみんこく) (Daikan Minkoku, “Republic of Korea”), from Korean 대한민국 (Daehanmin'guk). The archaic sense may be from 大韓帝國(だいかんていこく) (Daikan Teikoku, “Korean Empire”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かんこく (Atamadaka – )
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Proper noun

韓(かん)国(こく) • (Kankoku) 

  1. South Korea (a country in East Asia)
  2. (history, archaic) Korea (former empire in East Asia) (1897–1910)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
韓 国
から
Grade: S 		くに
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
韓國 (kyūjitai)
唐國

Of 韓(から) (kara, “China; Korea; foreign country”, archaic) and 國(くに) (kuni, “kingdom; country”).[1]

Proper noun

韓(から)国(くに) • (Karakuni) 

  1. (archaic) Korea (an empire in East Asia; contemporary North Korea and South Korea)
  2. alternative form of 唐国 (Karakuni; Karakoku, “China”)

See also

References

  1. ^ “唐国・韓国”. 小学館 全文全訳古語辞典 (Shogakkan zenbu zenyaku kogo jiten). , 2004.

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
韓 国
くゎん
Grade: S 		くく
Grade: 2
Alternative spelling
韓國 (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

韓(くゎん)国(くく) (Kwankuku) 

  1. South Korea
  2. Korea
    Synonym: 朝鮮 (Chōshin),[1] 高麗 (Kōrē)

References

  1. ^ “ちょーしん【朝鮮】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
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